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 A. D. 1758. Anno tricefimo fecundo GeorgiiIT. C. 35. 399 VII. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid CommiiTioners and their Penaltias and Forfeituie* Officers fliall be fubjea to fuch Penalties and Forfeitures for any Breach of the Trufts in them re- ^o^ breach of Trufi, pofed, or for diverting or mifapplying the IV^oney received in purfuance of this A6t, as by any lormer Law relating to ftamped Vellum, Parchment or Paper are inflidted ; and that all Powers, Howert and Provifions, Provifions, Articles, Claufcs, Penalties Forfeitures, Diftribution of Penalties and Forfeitures, and f *^; °^ former Aftsie- all other Matters and Things prcfcribed, inflifted or appointed by any former A^ or Ads of Par- 4's?e«ended toXfe"" liamcnt relating to the Duties on Vellum, Parchment and Paper, on which any Affidavit, or any DutU. other Matter or Thing herein before mentioned, in refpecSl whereof any Rate or Duty is by this Aft granted, (hall be ingrofled or written, and not hereby altered, fhall be in full Force and EfFe6l with Relation to the additional Rates and Duties hereby impofed, and fhall be applied and put in Execution for the raifmg, levying, colledting and fecuring the faid additional Rates and Duties, ac- cording to the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft, as fully to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame had feverally and refpeftively been herein enafted with relation to the additional Rates and i)utics hereby impofed. VIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforef;iid, That if any Perfon from and after Penalty of forging or the faid fifth Day of '^uly fhall counterfeit or forge, or procure to be counterfeited or forged, any counteifemng the 5eal, Stamp or Mark, to refemble any Seal, Stamp or Mark, direfted or allowed to be ufed by this '*""^^» Aft for the Purpofe of denoting the Duties hereby granted, or fhall counterfeit or refemble the Impreflion of the fame, with an Intent to defraud his Majcfty, his Heirs and Succellbrs, of any of the faid Duties, or fhall utter, vend or fell any Vellum, Parchment or Paper liable to any fuch Stamp Duty, with fuch counterfeit Stamp or Mark, knowing the fame to be counterfeit ; or fhall of privately or fraudu- privately or fraudulently ufe any Seal, Stamp or Mark direfted or allowed to be ufed by this Aft, „;, ^^^'J,''""^ "*« "^ '*>« with Intent to defraud his Majefly, his Heirs and SuccefTors, of any of the faid Duties ; every * Perfon fo offending, and being thereof lawfully convifted, fhall be adjudged a Felon, and fliall ■fufFer Death as in Cafes of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy. Death. IX. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the fifth Day of The following Sums to ^uly there fhall be ifTued, paid and applied, in every Year, out of the Monies which fhall arife by J^gs^^-n ^u menutP" f the Duties herein before granted, and be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer as aforefaid, the the' ludgss Salaries'-"" " Sums of Money following to the feveral Judges herein after mentioned, as an Addition to, and in ' Augmentation of their refpeftive Salaries ; that is to fay. The Sum of five hundred Pounds to each viz. 500I. to each of the of the Puifne Judges for the Time being in the Court of King's Bench ; the Sum of five hundred Pu'^^ne Judges of the Pounds to each ot the Judges for the Time being in the Court oi Common Pleas ^^ ^ej?mnjier ■,^°^^'l°lJ^'^£fl'^'^ the Sum of one thoufand Pounds to the Chief Baron for the Time being in the Court of Exchequer judges in the Court of at TVcJiminJier ; and the Sum of five hundred Pounds to each of the other Barons of the Coif for Common Hleas; thi Time being in the faid Court of Exchequer the Sum of two hundred Pounds to the Chief Ju- loooL to the Chief Ba« ftice of Chejier for the Time being ; the Sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds to the of Chejier for the Time being; and the Sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds to each Alices for the Time being of the Great SelTions for the Counties in Wales: Which faid refpeftive Sums of Money fhall be and are hereby charged upon the Rates and Duties herein before ftice of Chefter; granted, and fliall be paid thereout in every Year, at fuch Time or Times, and in fuch Manner as 15°^- fo thefecond Ju- the Salaries to the faid Judges now are or have accuflomarily been paid. ftice of Chefter; •^ ^ ' ^ 1 50 1. to each of the We'./h Judges j to be paid yearly, as the Salaries have accuftomarily been i)aid. X. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if the faid Rates and Duties fliall If the Duties fhMl be de- prove deficient in any Year to miike good and anfwer the Sums herein before appointed to be paid, fi^''«"*' the Treafury may I I'j i-A ^ ■ r^ici- r_y--jTj -/iii/- • I- spply any Unappropriattxl and applied yearly in Augmentation of tiie balaries of the laid Judges, it fliall from time to time, ^onjes in the Exche- as often as fuch Deficiency fhall happen, be lawful for the High Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the quer in Aid thereof. Treafury, or any three or more of them for the Tiire being, out of any Money that is then, or fliall thereafter be in the Exchequer, and that hath arifen or fhall arife by the faid Rates and Duties, and not otherwife applied by Parliament, to direft any Sum or Sums of Money to be iiiued and paid for or towards making good fuch Parts of the faid annual Sums as fhall be from time to time deficient or in Arrear. XI. ments to Sums which ^are herein before direfted and appointed to be paid to fuch Judges refpeftively. ^^ i„ Proper. i"on to the Salaries relpcdivcly ai- XII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Refidue and Surplus lowed them. of the Monies arifing by the faid Rates and Duties v/hich fliall from time to time remain in the £x- Surplus Monies of the chequer, and fliili not have been ilVued and applied for the Augmentation of the Salaries to the faid Duties to be refervcd for Judges, and for the making good any fuch Deficiencies as aforefaid, fhall be from time to time, re- j^^ ♦'"tu'c Difpohtiou of ferved for the Difpofition of Parliament, and fh-'ll not be ilTued but by Authority of Parliament, ' "''"'^" ' and as fhall be direfted by future Aft or Afts of Parliament > any I'hing in any former Aft or Afts contained to the contrary notwithftanding. XIII. And for the augmenting of the Salaries of the Judges in the Courts of Scflion and Exche- quer in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. Q^iecn pofe bj Ad 10 Anns j>